org.jboss.metatype.api.types
Class MetaTypeFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.metatype.api.types.MetaTypeFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultMetaTypeFactory

public abstract class MetaTypeFactory
extends Object

MetaTypeFactory.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Constructor Summary

MetaTypeFactory()

Method Summary

static MetaTypeFactory	getInstance() Get the metatype factory
MetaType	resolve(String className, ClassLoader classLoader) Resolve a metatype
abstract MetaType	resolve(Type type) Resolve a metatype
abstract MetaType	resolve(org.jboss.reflect.spi.TypeInfo type) Resolve a metatype
abstract void	setBuilder(Class<?> clazz, MetaTypeBuilder builder) Set a meta type builder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaTypeFactory

public MetaTypeFactory()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static final MetaTypeFactory getInstance()

Get the metatype factory

Returns:

the instance

resolve

public abstract MetaType resolve(Type type)

Resolve a metatype

Parameters:

type - the type

Returns:

the metatype

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - for a null type

resolve

public abstract MetaType resolve(org.jboss.reflect.spi.TypeInfo type)

Resolve a metatype

Parameters:

type - the type

Returns:

the metatype

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - for a null type

resolve

public MetaType resolve(String className,
                        ClassLoader classLoader)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException

Resolve a metatype

Parameters:

className - the class name

classLoader - the classloader

Returns:

the metatype

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - for a null className or classloader

ClassNotFoundException - when the class is not found

setBuilder

public abstract void setBuilder(Class<?> clazz,
                                MetaTypeBuilder builder)

Set a meta type builder

Parameters:

clazz - the class

builder - the builder